10/29/19 Kansas City, MO – CST Industries, Inc. the world’s largest and leading bolted tanks, aluminum dome and specialty cover manufacturer, partners with two industry leading explosion protection companies, Fike Corporation and Conversion Technology, Inc., (CTI) to raise awareness on the new NFPA 652 Combustible Dust Standards. Earlier this year, the trio of companies co-hosted two free seminars along with the most recently completed educational webinar on dust hazards, design approaches and retrofit issues on storage equipment. The online event was organized to provide continued awareness on combustible dust explosion analysis and solutions to clientele for compliance with new NFPA 652 regulations, which mandates full compliance by 2020.
An outstanding turnout of 303 business professionals registered for the webinar, which was held on Thursday, October 17th. The registrants listened to explanations from CTI’s Brian Edwards, who presented on Combustible Dust Hazard Analyses and NFPA Standards. In addition, material was also presented by Fike Corporation’s Bruce McClelland on Combustible Dust Deflagration Mitigation and NFPA Compliance along with Keith McGuire of CST Industries on Dust Hazards for Storage Systems and Design Criteria and NFPA Influence. All three presenters serve on NFPA committees.
“People would be amazed at what types of dusts are combustible and what it could do to their operations. The outstanding attendance of registrants for this webinar shows us that customers are now recognizing the importance of being educated on the new standards and why they are in effect, ” stated Tom DeDonder, VP of Operations and Services for CST Industries, Inc. “CST, Fike and CTI are committed to educating our customers as we know this topic is important to both their safety and business operations.”
For more information on Combustible Dust Services, please visit cstindustries.com/combustible-dust.
About CST Industries
CST is the largest dome and bolted storage tank manufacturer in the world. CST’s global network includes manufacturing facilities and technical design centers located in Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Tennessee, Texas, California and the United Kingdom. Regional sales offices are located throughout North America and in Mexico, Argentina, United Kingdom, Dubai, Singapore and Vietnam. CST Industries maintains its headquarters in Kansas City, MO. International offices are located in Brazil, United Kingdom, India, Singapore, Vietnam and Dubai. Currently, more than 350,000 CST tanks and over 19,000 covers have been installed in 125 countries throughout the world.
About Fike
Fike Corporation is a globally recognized supplier of precision-engineered solutions for fire protection, explosion protection, overpressure protection and pressure activation. Because so much is at stake™, since 1945 their highly skilled workforce has designed and built solutions for Fortune 500 companies and businesses around the world that want peace of mind from experiencing consequences of serious financial loss or a devastating disaster.
About CTI
Conversion Technology Inc., CTI, is an environmental and safety engineering firm with experience helping clients nationwide. In the past thirty plus years, CTI has gained extensive knowledge and experience assisting a wide array of industries in effectively obtaining and maintaining environmental, health, and safety compliance, and in identifying and analyzing hazards such as those associated with combustible dust. CTI is a member of NFPA, assisting with the development of standards for combustible dust, and has decades of experience conducting process and dust hazard analyses.
